by Tom McNichol, Malcolm Hillgartner
Electricity and magnetism have always possessed a certain “wow” factor. Science often inspires a state of awe and wonder, but (to date) the likes of thermodynamics and/or stoichiometry have yet to inspire a Bar Mitzvah dance craze (though I'd definitely be down for learning the Thermodynamic Slide i...
It's a tale we've heard so many times before. Kindle vs ePub, HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray, VHS vs Betamax. Before all of those, there was Alternating Current vs. Direct Current and the battle was bloody. Literally.Direct current got in early, thanks to Edison's tenacity and business acumen. For the first thr...